Elephant Dies After Being Hit By Train

The passenger train from Palakkad town Tiruchirapalli (Train No. 56712) hit the 25-year old elephant at around 5mph early in the morning around 7 am, no injuries were reported by any passengers.

The poor animal finally succumbed to his injuries a few hours later.

The elephant's body was removed by railroad workers at around 12.15 PM.

The elephant was constantly seen on the tracks during the last two weeks after a herd of five wild elephants came down from the forests in search of fodder and water.

The elephants are attracted to a nearby rice paddy fields which were ripe for harvest, the elephants are known to feed on them during harvest season.

Reportedly, the embankments on either side of the tracks are steep and unfortunately, the wild elephants are then trapped on the tracks when they see an approaching train.


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Carcass of 10-year old elephant found in forests

A highly decomposed carcass of a male elephant was found in the forests of Sirumugal in the ditrict today.

The body of the elephant, aged about 12 years, was noticed by the forest department staff.
Non-availability of food and water was suspected to be the rason for the death, forest department sources said.

After postmortem, the elephant was buried in the forests, they said.

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Elephant found dead in Tanda forest

The body of an elephant was recovered from the Tanda forest area of Kitcha in Udham Singh Nagar district of the state.

Sources in the Forest Department said the elephant was killed after it came in contact with a live electricity wire. Sub-Divisional Forest Officer Umesh Tiwari said the elephant died of electrocution. He said the elephant came in contact with the electricity wire that had been put as fencing across an agriculture field in Tanda resulting in the pachyderm’s death.

Only a fortnight ago, an injured elephant was recovered from Rajaji Tiger Reserve. It was recovered from Dhaulkhand range of Rajaji. The forest authorities administered treatment to the injured elephant.

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Jumbo found dead in Palamu Tiger Reserve

DALTONGANJ: A male elephant was found dead at Bareysarn compartment 16 in Hooluk forest in the buffer area of Palamu Tiger Reserve(PTR) on Monday.

DFO buffer Mahilang said, "A staff member told me that there was no sign of any external injury on the elephant's body." He added that the exact reason behind the death will be ascertained once the postmortem is completed. The viscera samples of the jumbo has been preserved to be sent to a forensic laboratory in Ranchi.

When asked if the heat could be the cause of death, the DFO said, "I cannot vouch for it but 16 elephants in Kerala reportedly died due to heat stroke in a span of three weeks." The DFO also ruled out the possibility of any man-animal conflict on this regard.

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